Munsey's Magazine, April 1902

Munsey's Magazine, April 1902 This issue contains three major articles. "Art in Black and White" by Douglas Story examines dry point etching as an artistic medium, arguing that artistic power derives from careful elimination of unnecessary detail. Story traces the technique's history through Rembrandt and advocates for contemporary master Paul Helleu, a Parisian artist who works primarily in portraiture of his wife and daughter. The article is illustrated with Helleu's etchings. "The Pathos of a Throne" by Jose Aflalo profiles Alfonso XIII of Spain, who will assume personal rule on his sixteenth birthday (May 17, 1902). Born six months after his father's death, Alfonso has received intensive multilingual education and training, though the article notes he suffers from delicate health and inheritance of his father's tuberculosis threat. The piece emphasizes his precocious wit and dignified bearing despite his youth. "The Cathedral of St. John" by R. H. Titherington describes the construction of New York's great Protestant cathedral rising on Morningside Heights, designed by Heins & Lafarge, with estimated cost of twelve to twenty-four million dollars. The cathedral draws architectural inspiration from Oxford, York, Lincoln, and French cathedral traditions.